Re: How about the FA28-70 AL

[Peter J. Alling]

Very sharp, good contrast,  excellen flare control.  But the rear 
aspheric element is a plastic glass composite which is prone to 
separation as the lens gets older.  I think at least 1/2 the people on 
this list who admit to owning that lens have had the rear aspheric 
element separate, which more or less ruins the lens.  (I'm still hoping 
for some kind of fix however).

Toralf Lund wrote:
Regarding my other post about zoom lenses, how about the FA28-70 AL? I 
mean, what experiences do you lot have with it? How does it compare to 
that other lens I mentioned, i.e. the FA28-90?

Actually, the consensus on Stan's Pentax site seems to be that this 
(the 28-70 AL, not the FA28-90) is a rather good lens, but there were 
also some horror stories about elements coming apart or something, a 
while back on the list...

- Toralf


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